In terms of reality in the marketplace today, currency is being perpetuated from currency without investment in labor and materials to produce added value.

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The country ticks reliably with a skilled labor force, strong exports of high value added products and disciplined monetary and fiscal constructs.

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Many products and services are created along supply chains that travel from idea conception to final consumption and that include value-added activities of varying degrees of labor-, physical capital-, and intellectual capital-intensity.

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"Our labor force will ultimately compete on the basis of added-value, " says George Yuen, executive director of the Better Hong Kong Foundation.

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Low-value-added manufacturing that tends to be more labor intensive are the most likely industries to shift some of their operations outside of the established manufacturing zones within China or move their operations to another country, although that usually entails having to contend with a lack of developed infrastructure and a smaller, less skilled workforce.

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At the same time however, such innovations free up labor to be used in areas where there is greater value added.

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